title: Probing secondary coordination sphere influence on the oxygenation of zinc alkyls: formation of a unique zinc peroxide species.
abstract: Reactions of ethylzinc derivatives of o-hydroxybiphenyl with O2 were investigated. The study revealed an essential role in the oxygenation process of intra-molecular interactions involving aromatic rings and provided a unique aryloxide (hydroxide) Zn8(OAr)8(OH)6(O2) cluster with an encapsulated peroxide species.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-383 Wrocław, Poland. plas@stud.chem.uni.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sobota
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petrus
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zelga
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mąkolski
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kubicki
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewiński
mesh_terms: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010545:Peroxides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D010100:Oxygen; D010545:Peroxides; D015032:Zinc; C010574:biphenyl